Howard Christie wins in Canada

Howard Christie wins the first CanadaFlicks Cup in seven months! The tournament held by the Toronto SC guys took place on September 26th.

Howard defeated Mike Sgro in the final. 5 flickers from ontario were taking part!

Thanks to everyone who came out and helped to keep this long-overdue event safe and fun.

Canada: Latest results from Toronto

Players at the February tournament with Bryan Arnold (right) winning the event

Some news from Canada where the Toronto players had their latest events in January and February.

January tournament players

The January tournament had four players taking part and Mike Sgro took the first CanadaFlicks Cup of 2020! A heated match throughout, Mike was able to pot a quick breakout goal and hold onto the 1-0 lead to take the cup. Thanks to all our players who came out, and to everyone who tuned in at home.

In February, Toronto SC celebrated their first international champion with Bryan Arnold (from Virginia, USA) edging out Howard Christie to claim the CanadaFlicks Cup! Special thanks to Bryan for trekking through the harsh Canadian winter and thanks to all our participants and viewers as always!

Videos:
Howard Christie vs Bryan Arnold! -> https://www.youtube.com/chann…/UCapYUu5GevBUFxfUzPxOc5w/live
Howard Christie and Mike Sgro square off for the right to play for the cup! -> https://www.youtube.com/chann…/UCapYUu5GevBUFxfUzPxOc5w/live
An all-Michael match up takes centre stage in this month's Quarter Final! -> https://www.youtube.com/chann…/UCapYUu5GevBUFxfUzPxOc5w/live
Bryan takes on his last Mike of the day up against Mike Devey -> https://www.youtube.com/chann…/UCapYUu5GevBUFxfUzPxOc5w/live
Mike Sgro vs Bryan Arnold up next! -> https://www.youtube.com/chann…/UCapYUu5GevBUFxfUzPxOc5w/live

Toronto SC gets right back into it on March 14 with the next edition of the CanadaFlicks Cup!

December 2019: news from around the world

Here is a quick review of some events held under WASPA banner in December. We are waiting for the last few results of last month to publish the december rankings. Hopefully everything will be ready by the end of the week.

3 dedicated players in Javea

Spain: one more tournament in Javea
The Marina Citerior Club held a 15th "Tea Time Tournament" int he beginning of the month. Unfortunately the club is struggling to get new players but the usual members of the clubs are still very motivated to play together. italy's Pasquale Carrassi finished on top of a small league (with home and away games) with David Mc Aulay being runner-up and Bill Dunham taking the third place.

Presentation of trophies in Ilioupolis

Greece: Roligans Christmas Cup
The Roligans club organized a Christmas tournament on December 21. There were 13 competitors including a special guest of the new club of Ippovotes Chalkida Club. Evangelos Kotrotsos (U15) won the tournament while the runner-up was Tassos Priftis. This time the event was a knockout tournament and the players eliminated played for Category B. Therefore the winner of the B tournament was Dimitrios Rembis.

Players in Thessaloniki

Greece: Panorama still doing well
Also in Greece, the Panorama 1978 SC Thessaloniki organized a tournament with 6 players involved. This time Ioannis Terzidis took the honors after defeating Constantios Giapoutzis in the final (2-0) while Stavros Giapoutzis won the game for the third place.

Some good games in Donegal

Ireland: action in Donegal
Also the Republic of ireland saw some Subbuteo action in the end of December with three players competing in a group format in Donegal. Local organizer Brendan Rodgers finished on top of the table while clubmate Oisin McKeogh was runner-up and special guest from England Nick Pearson took the third place.

Richard Ruffolo - Howard Christie - Mike Sgro

Canada: Howard Christie does it again
This month's tournament in Toronto had a small turnout of three but there were many close games. Defending champion Mike Sgro could not win another event as Howard Christie won the final against Mike to win the "tournament of the decade".

Isle of Man: Joseph Kinrade is a winner
We have been extremely glad to see some action on the Isle of Man where Joseph Kinrade won the "Ellan Vannin WASPA Christmas Cup" after defeating brian Kinrade in the final. The tournament had a good turnout of four players including first time player Lisa Warren from England. The tournament was played as a group of five with the top 2 qualifying for the grand final.

Martin Wiesmann bringing Switzerland back on the WASPA map

Switzerland: Test match in Wil
Just a few days before the WASPA tournament in Eschenbach of January 5 (results coming soon), there was a test match between local player Martin Wiesmann and South Africa's Clinton Gahwiler from Cape Town. The game ended as a draw but more importantly it was a good way to have Switzerland coming back to the WASPA circuit with more good news coming up soon.

November 2019: news from around the globe

Here is a brief summary of several events held around the globe in November.

In Northern Ireland there was a very small turnout for Derry City TFC' 3rd anniversary cup and a venue mix up led to a fantastic evening of craic in the DCTFC spiritual home ‘The Shed’. 4 players battled it out in a league format with Derry’s Martinog Bradley the winner on the night. Brendan Rodgers took runner-up. Brilliant fun for our 4th November meet!

Our friends of Perth Subbuteo Club in Australia held their monthly gathering on November 16. Only 4 players could make it this time but there were many close games. Ross McNulty finished on top of a group of 4 thanks to more goals scored than Chris Thorn. Adam Taylor was third and Ron Byrne was in 4th position.

In Canada, Toronto players met also once against and Mike Sgro managed to end Howard Christie's winning strek by winning the final by a clear 3-0. Richard Ruffolo and Mike Chieffallo were the other players taking part. The first full year of Toronto Subbuteo Club action finishes off on December 28th!

The Western Flickers in Melbourne (Australia) held a tournament with five players competing in a round robin. Benny Ng finished on top of the league while Benjamin Ng was runner-up. Peter Benholm, Jayden Truter and Benedict Ng showed great improvement. The Western Flickers are working hard at growing the club again and already got a couple of new players. So onwards and upwards with WTF 2.0!

The Norhern Falcons in Sydney also held a tournament this month with a smaller turnout than usual but with some great games. Fabrizio Coco finished on top of a group of 5 to bring back the trophy to sydney TFC while local player Eliot Kennedy was runner-up. Torben Pfister, Adrian Grunbach and Benedetto Forcina were also taking part.



Finally, during the recent International Open of Rochefort (Belgium). There was a WASPA tournament besides the FISTF Open. Greek player Yannis Salamouris (Noctuas Athens) was the only of the 12 players to win his three games to lift the title while French player David Zaki (Issy) was runner-up. Among the competitors there were five French players of FTC ST Symphorien sur Coise who made their WASPA debut. Thanks to JSC Rochefort for a great week-end and for having some games under WASPA banner.

Full standings:
1. Yannis Salamouris (Greece)
2. David Zaki (France)
3. Thierry Magermans (Belgium)
4. Mickael Blanc (France)
5. Hervé Fino (France)
5. Frank Lannoy (Belgium)
7. Jean-Pierre Genart (Belgium)
8. Daniel Polsinelli (France)
9. Geert Leys (Belgium)
10. Mathieu Marlair (Belgium)
11. Daniel Guyot (France)
12. Rudi De Smet (Belgium)

Four in a row for Howard Christie

The latest Toronto tournament took place on October 27. Howard Christie took the Finals Match 1-0 against Mike Sgro, and had now won his 4th straight CanadaFlicks Cup! Thank you to all of our participants, and a big shout out to everyone who tuned into our Livestream at home! Tune in next month to watch our November edition of the CanadaFlicks Cup!

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/SubbuteoCanada/

More results from around the World - September 2019

Some more results from September. Sometimes we receive reports of small events played in different countries and pictures and not always available to but it's great to see games played under WASPA banner in many countries.

Christos Agrios winner in Greece
Earlier in September the Greek club of Panorama 1978 SC Thessaloniki had their first tournament of the season in Thessaloniki. 9 players were taking part with three groups of three players in the first round and then a fin round between the top players of each group. Christos Agrios won the tournament after finishing on top of the final group while Stavros Giapoutzis was runner-up and Ilias Galanopoulos took the third place.

Howard Christie winner in Toronto
In Canada Howard Christie won this month's tournament in Toronto. Unfortunately there wer eonly three players taking part this time. Howard defeated Mike Sgro in sudden death in the final (2-1).

A good turnout in Stockton
In Stockton, England the NETFA players had a good event with 8 players taking part. After the group sessions, final were played to decide the winners. Neil Beeforth defeated Mike Parnaby (1-0) to claim the title while Ben Staples won the game for the third place on shots against Nick Pearson.

Action in st. Petersburg

Eliot Kennedy wins in Russia
During his visit in St. Petersburg, Australia's Eliot Kennedy had the please to meet local players Andrey Vlasov and Evgenii Vlasov. A small WASPA event was played and Eliot was the winner but the fact new friends were made was much more important!

Players at the Sparta Spreeathen tournament

Two events in Berlin
Since Herman Kruse moved to Germany, there might be some WASPA developments in the country. The Northern Falcons players first attended a tournament played in the premises of the Sparta Spreeathen 74/82 club. A group of six players was taking part and after the league format the rankings was as follows:

1. Marcus Tilgner
2. Marian Flemer
3. Hermann Kruse
4. Daria Prazynski
5. Andreas Guhr
6. Wilfried Pretzel

Small event but good games at SC Berlin

The other Berlin tournament took place at the SC Berlin club with a small turnout of three players with Hermann Kruse finishing on top of the group while Nico Müller was runner-up and Erik Klossowski was third.

Cayne and Cameron in Wrexham

Brian Daley winner in Wrexham
Algy Taylor of BCCM Border Collectables hosted a Wrexham Subbuteo Club last Sunday. Wrexham player Cameron Ramage was joined by London Road SC players Cayne, Ruby, Brian and Lucasz and a league format was played. Brian Daley finished on top while Cayne Matthews was runner-up.

September 2019: Short news from around the world

Here are some results of several tournament held in different countries.

Players at the London Road tournament

Wales: Brian Daley winner in North Wales
The first London Road tournament of the season took place in Drury on September 15 with 8 players taking part. Brian Daley defeated Martin Blanchard in the final while Chris Bedford and Cayne Matthews reached the semis. Mark Tilling beat Ruby Matthews in the Plate final. There will be another tournament in Wales in September as another Wrexham event will take place on September 29. The next London Road tournament will be played on October 13.

Finland: Robert Green on fire
There was a small but interesting tournament in Helsinki earlier this month with both eliot Kennedy and Robert green from Australia meeting three local players. Robert green defeated Kari Hakkarainen in the final.
There shoudl be another tournament in Helsinki in January. Interested players can contact Kari Hakkarainen at Kari.Hakkarainen@elisa.fi

USA: Conan Mullen winner in California
The San Francisco players had a gathering earlier in september. Four players only were present but after home and away games everybody agreed it was a great day of table football. Conan Mullen ended as winner of the day while Varant Kurkeyerian was runner-up.

Howard Christie

Canada: Howard Christie does it again
Some late results of the August tournament in Toronto where Howard Christie defeated Mike Sgro in the final of the event. Five players were taking part.

There will be more action in Toronto all over this season with several events already in the agenda.

Singapore: Freshmen Challenge
The Freshmen Challenge tournament was hel at the Millenia Walk on September 14 and this WASPAevent was reserved exclusively for newcomers.

It was held at Millenia Walk as part of ongoing promotions during the F1 season in Singapore.
Seven players battled it out in a 5-round Swiss System.

Aidil came out comfortably on top and undefeated, with his son, Haziq close behind in second place. Well done! Results are as follows:
1. Aidil 11
2. Hazis 9
3. Bava 8
4. Adam 8
5. Azhari 7
6. Vivian 7
7. Vikram 6

Individual scores:
Haziq 1 v 2 Aidil
Vikkram 0 v 2 Bava
Vivian 1 v 0 Azhari
Adam 1 v 0 Bye
Aidil 0 v 0 Bava
Vivian 0 v 0 Adam
Haziq 0 v 1 Azhari
Vikkram 1 v 0 Bye
Bava 1 v 0 Vivian
Aidil 2 v 0 Adam
Azhari 0 v 1 Vikkram
Haziq 1 v 0 Bye
Aidil 2 v 0 Vikkram
Bava 1 v 1 Adam
Vivian 0 v 3 Haziq
Azhari 1 v 0 Bye
Aidil 2 v 2 Azhari
Haziq 1 v 0 Bava
Adam 1 v 0 Vikkram
Vivian 1 v 0 Bye

May and June 2019: news from around the world

Here is a quick look as some of the events held around the world in May and early in June.

Western Sydney tournament

An all Western Sydney Subbuteo saw two of the Micallefs, along with Paul and Adrian, do battle at Good Games Bella Vista. A simple round robin, with each player playing the other was run. In the opening round, Paul put two goals past Louis while Adrian scored three against Vince, his new bases adding some chipping to his shooting. The same scorelines followed in the next round, with Paul slotting two past Vince and Adrian three past Louis. The final matchups were much more even affairs. In the father and son battle, neither could take the advantage with a 1-1 final result. Meanwhile, Paul conceded his first goal in his last six competitive fixtures to also finish with a 1-1 draw against Adrian, leaving them ties at the top of the points table to share the honours.

(Report by Adrian Elmer)

Giuseppe Tardiota winner in Brisbane
Brisbane had a small turnout of three for their monthly tournament but there were many close games with Giuseppe Tardiota finishing on top of the group after home and away fixtures to claim his 17th WASPA title. New Zealand's Gerry Vickers was runner-up while Gareth Whalley took the third place!

Steve Bennett wins Scottish circuit tournament
In Scotland, Steve Bennett won the first stage of the Scottish circuit held in Letham, finishing on top of the ladder after four sessions played in Swiss system. 10 players from Glasgow and Dundee were taking part. Here are the final standings:
1. Steve Bennett (Dundee United)
2. David Baxter (Dundee United)
3. Dave Gladman (Glasgow)
4. John Halpin (Glasgow)
5. Andy Beskaby (Dundee United)
6. Malcolm Lees (Glasgow)
7. Colin Berry (Glasgow)
8. John Mathieson (Glasgow)
9. Baver Bari (Glasgow)
10. Brian Spoors (Glasgow)

Christos Agrios does it again

In Thessaloniki, Greece 9 players competed in the club's monthly tournament. Christos Agrios defeated Stavros Giapoutzis (2-1) in the final and Ilias Galanopoulos won the game for the third place against Constantios Giapoutzis.

First trophy for Nathan Urbaniak
In Melbourne, the consolation tournament of the recent FISTF tournament was played under WASPA banner and Melbourne TFC's Nathan Urbaniak took the honors after defeating local player Anthony Madiona in the final.

Eliot Kennedy on fire
The Chastwood players had a small WASPA tournament with 6 players taking part.

Final standings:
1. Eliot Kennedy
2. Hermann Kruse
3. Steve Dettre
4. Olliver Ollnow
5. Jonty Brener
6. Neil Brener

Great event in Liverpool
Liverpool TFC keep on developing with some very motivated players. The club's monthly tournament had a good turnout of 8 players. Brian Daley defeated Anthony Dry in the final while Steve Santo won the consolation tournament.

Singapore champion in Perth
In Perth, Australia, the club's monthly tournament saw Tan Yew Loy emerging of a group of four players. Hugh Best was runner-up while Ron Byrne and Chris Thorn also managed to grab a few points.

Howard Christie wins in Canada

Finally, the monthly tournament of the Toronto Subbuteo club saw five players competing with group games and knock-out games. Howard Christie defeated Richard Ruffolo in the final to claim the trophy. The next Toronto tournament will be played on June 15.

Bristol WASPA Tournament
The Curtain closer to the season was a WASPA tournament. In an attempt to level the playing field players were seeded and then the higher ranked players were handicapped with less players on in their team. Thought it did not seem to slow Aaron down as to romped, Manchester City like, to 16 goals scored in 3 games without reply to pick up the latest WASPA tourney.
Outstanding result of the WASPA event was Barry’s 1.0 win over Malcolm and 2 narrow 1 goal defeats which underlines the progress that he has been making on the arena of baize.
Peter Marshall's 1.1 draw with Adam was a fine result and earmarks him as a dark horse contender for Division 3 next season.

Group A
Andy Jarvis 0.1 Phil Bryant (-1)
Aaron (-3) 6.0 Andy Jarvis
Aaron (-3) 5.0 Phil Bryant

Group B
Peter Marshall 1.1 Adam Fraser (-1)
Peter Marshall 0.4 Gavin Gurney (-3)
Gavin Gurney (-1) 0.0 Adam Fraser

Group C
Malcolm Jarvis 0.2 Taylor Randle (-1)
Barry Dymianczuk 0.1 Bob Fairbrother (-3)
Bob Fairbrother (-3) 2.1 Malcolm Jarvis
Barry Dymianczuk 0.1 Taylor Randle (-1)
Bob Fairbrother (-2) 2.0Taylor Randle
Malcolm Jarvis 0.1 Barry Dymianczuk

WASPA Tournament Final
2 of the top 3 finishers qualify for the final both had 100% records.
Aaron Skinner 5.0 Bob Fairbrother

In tonight’s games Aaron had rattled in 16 WASPA goals and 5 ‘retro’ goals – that is some going and makes him a hot favourite to improve on this season’s finish in the BSFC Division 1 - could he bring the title home? As for tonight’s Final it bore some resemblance to the FA Cup final at Wembley, like Watford Bob played quite well had did very little wrong but, like Man City, Aaron just had the mood and the knack of opening up Bob’s tight defence with skill, speed and a deft touch. It was 1.0 at half time and Bob was still very much in it...then the floodgates opened!

(Report by Bob Faibrother)

Tea time tournament in Javea

The Marina Citerior club in Spain played the "13th Tea Time tournament" on June 1. Pasquale Carrassi won once again but this time there were many close games and after home and away fixtures, Pasquale took 7 points in four games, just enough to win while David McAulay had 6 points and Bill Dunham 4.

Richard Ruffolo winner in Canada

And Richard Ruffolo takes the CanadaFlicks Cup with a thrilling 1-0 finish against Howard Christie!

Thank you to everyone who came out to participate, and to everyone who was following along at home! We'll see you all on May 25 for our May CanadaFlicks Tournament!

Michael Sgro wins again in Toronto

And after 20 minutes of regulation, 10 minutes of Overtime, and a Shootout, Michael Sgro defeats Howard Christie in a thrilling Finals to take the March Tournament and the CanadaFlicks Cup 3-1 after penalties!!

Thank you to all our players who came out to this month's tournament and everyone who tuned in to the event's Live Stream! See you all next month in April's rendition of the CanadaFlicks Cup!

Confirmed date for next event is on April 27.

Link: Facebook page of Subbuteo Canada

Mike Sgro takes February tournament in Toronto

Toronto Subbuteo club held their largest tournament ever with a good field of 8 players and the visit from 2 players of Hamilton Subbuteo Club.

There was a group stage with many close games and then quarter-finals, semis and a big final.

Mike Sgro had a difficult start, finishing in third position in the group but later defeated Richard Ruffolo in quarter-final, Brodyn Sexton in the semi-final and Peter Sexton (2-1) in the final to claim the title.

Great job again by our canadian friends who keep doing their best to revive the game in the country.

Peter Sexton winner in Toronto

The latest tournament in Canada took place on January 19 with 6 players taking part. There was a Swiss system where everybody played three games and then a knock-out stage. There were many close games but in the end, Peter Sexton (Hamilton SC) defeated Howard Christie in the final. Mike Sgro and Richard Ruffolo made it to the semi-finals.

The next CanadaFlicks Cup is on February 9th. Interested players can contact Mike Sgro.

Subbuteo action in Canada - December 2018

Two tournament have recently been held in Canada.

The Eastern Ontario Subbuteo League tournament took place on Sunday. The EOSL the longest running club in Canada. Rudy Mouw was the champion with Steve Whitehead as runner-up. Mike Whitehead was third and Mike Whiteman fourth. 4 players played and it was the club's first ever WASPA tournament.

The Toronto club had their monthly tournament earlier in December. And for the second time, Howard Christie (picture on the left) is taking home the Subbuteo Night in Canada Championship Trophy! In a thrilling 2-0 match, Howard was able to hold his ground against Peter Sexton's late game push.

Congrats to all of our Tournament participants, and thank you for everyone who tuned in to our first ever Live-Stream! This was our last tournament of 2018, but please join us again come January when we'll be streaming our first event of 2019!

Thanks to Steve Whitehead and Mike Sgro for organizing the events!

Some news from around the world - October 2018

Some results of several WASPA events have not yet been published so here is a brief recap of events held in different countries.

Players in Northern California

In Northern California, Conan Mullen finished on top of a group of five to win the "NCSC Halloween WASPA". There were some new players involved and some great games.

In Austria the Ebenfurth club had a small tournament a few weeks ago with 4 players taking part. Congratulations to Horst Deimel for the win while Rene Buchler was runner-up.

In Wales the latest Knighton tournament saw Dan Nicholls finishing on top of a group of 4. Tom Taylor took the second place.

In Australia the Western Flickers TFC players had a great gathering on October 14. 8 players competed in a round robin so that everyone had seven game. Benny Ng took the honors while benjamin Ng was runner-up and Steve right took the thid place.

Three more events were played under WASPA banner during the Melbourne Open.

Junior U19 WASPA: The junior WASPA was held for all those eliminated from the FISTF event. Second seed for the FISTF Junior competition, Billy Wright, overcame his disappointment at elimination from the main event to make the final but didn’t join his sister on the winners’ list, going down on penalties to promising debutant Liam Browne in the Junior WASPA final. (report from Subbuteo Australia)

MTFC Open WASPA: The Melbourne IO Event also saw the debut of the Power Rankings to decide the outcome of a WASPA tournament. The rules were:
- 1. Players not occupied referreeing the Junior, Women’s or Teams events on the Saturday were free to organise themselves games on the spare tables and record results.
- 2. The final standings were made using the new Power Rankings system given that not all players played a similar number of games, or games against players of the same standard. Only results on the day counted. A win over a player who had performed well on the day was worth more than a win against a player who was winless.
- 3. All enquires on how Power Rankings are calculated should be directed to Richard Wilson.
- 4. For disputes on the outcome, see rule 3 !
The completion was narrowly taken out by Raffaele Lombardi from Eliot Kennedy and Giuseppe Tardiota in a good indicator of players to watch in the main Open event on Sunday. It was great to see 10 players from 5 different clubs taking part. (report from Subbuteo Australia)

WASPA Open: To ensure the WASPA was complete prior to the FISTF IO Final, the format was a straight knockout competition with 2x10min halves and penalties (no extra time). There were 9 competitors in the WASPA Plate Event, with the previous days’ junior runner up Gabriel Lombard joining the 8 players eliminated from the FISTF Open event. Gabriel played Charlotte Wright in the barrage. After a scoreless draw Charlotte won 2-1 on penalties to move into the quarter finals.
In the quarter finals, Charlotte continued her impressive run of results by defeating Adam Deverell 2-1 on penalties. This set up a semi final showdown with her brother Billy who progressed after Beth Eveleigh needed to forfeit due to illness. Benny Ng accounted for Christos Garagounis to set up a clash with his son Benjamin in the other semi final after Benjamin defeated Juliette 1-0.
In the battle of the Wrights, it was Billy that prevailed 2-1 on penalties after a scoreless draw. In the other semi Benjamin continued his run of wins over his father to progress to the final 3-1.
The final saw two of the Western Flickers’ juniors battle it out for the WASPA Open win. In the end the FISTF Junior IO winner,
Benjamin Ng, proved to strong for the WASPA Junior IO winner Billy Wright. (report from Subbuteo Australia)

Canada had two events in October and both tournaments were played on the same date (October 20).

In Montreal, Simon Harvey won his first WASPA tournament after defeating Pierre Chastenais in sudden death in the final. More importantly, it was fantastic to see five players gathering for a tournament. We really hope for a good future in Quebec.

The monthly event in Toronto had a good turnout of four with Mike Sgro defeating Final Howard Christie in the final.

Finally, in Spain Pasquale Carrassi won the Marina Citerior SC "promotional event" in Javea, which was held a few weeks ago. the italian finished on top of a group of 3 with Scotland's Bill Dunham and Italy's Lisa carrassi also taking part.

Please keep mind all results are welcome. Even if you have only three players, that's enough to have a WASPA tournament. And if you are visiting a foreign country, you can always organize a "WASPA test-match" against a local player to show some WASPA presence.

For any question, contact WASPA at vincent.cop@rsca.com

Howard Christie winner in Toronto

Toronto Subbuteo Club recently held a tournament with a great turnout of 8 players. This was the biggest tournament since the rebirth of "Subbuteo Canada". Among the competitors, there were two players from the Montreal club. The first round consisted in a Swiss system round of three games for all with knock-outs games in the second round. Howard Christie took the honors after defeating local organizer Mike Sgro in the final (2-1). Martin Charlebois and Mike Chieffallo made it to the semi-finals.

Besides the tournament, Mike Sgro announced "Club de Subbuteo de Montréal" is up and running with the help of LeWine Hunter and Toronto Subbuteo Club is moving its tournament location to Markham.

News from around the world - August 2018

Several small events have been held during the month in many different countries.

First trophy for Richard Ruffolo

In Toronto, Canada there was a turnout of 4 players for the latest TSC tournament with Richard Ruffolo winning the final against local top player Mike Sgro. Dan Santianni and Mike Devey also had some great games and prove to be improving au lot.!

In Scotland, Dundee United had two small events also to prepare the trip to the world cup. Steve Bennett won both event with Andy Beskaby being runner-up int he first event, David Baxter taking the second place of the second tournament.

In Australia, the Brisbane club organized a tournament under the theme of the world cup. Gus Gillespie defeated Gerry Vickers in the final to claim the honors.

In England, the Bristol club held a pre-season tournament with a small turnout of four players competing in a league format with home and away games. Simon Donadel took the honors while Bob Fairbrother was runner-up. Adam Fraser and Tim Mourant also managed to win some games!

Big game between Arudyo and Winaldo

Steve Dettre (left) in action

We have been glad to see some action in Indonesia after a long hiatus. During Steve Dettre's visit in Jakarta, the FISTF president managed to play a small tournament with Arudyu Putro Rudy and Winaldo Swastia Artaraya. Steve won the event but more importantly it was a good time to meet and discuss and the future of the game in the country.

The "Sporting Club 18", part of the "Podjistan Subbuteo Association", a new club based in Northern Ireland, held a first tournament last week. Martinog Bradley took the best on local organizer Simon Stewart and Lawrence Watson. There should be more events to come in the near future.
See the club's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/podjistanflickers/

Players in Vreese

In Belgium, the club of Semois SC based in Vresse had a preseason event with four players. Pascal Droeven finished on top of a group format with Grégory Berte as runner-up, Philippe Thys being 3rd and Marc De Vos also playing some good games.

In Spain, the latest promotional tournament in Javea had a small field of 3 players with Pasquale Carrassi taking the best on Bill Dunham and Lisa Carrassi. It was a good way for Lisa to prepare for the forthcoming world cup in Gibraltar where she will proudly represent her club of Marina Citerior!

Finally, Knighton TFC in Wales had a promotional event last Friday with 5 players taking part. Dan Nicholls took the honors with Tom Taylor being 2nd. Rory Gittoes, Matt Booth and Kenny Evans confirm they are very motivated for the new season and the Knighton club will continue to grow in the future!

More new players in Toronto

Five players attended the 4th Toronto tournament on July 28. There were three beginners and they did well as Howard Christie finished on top of the group stage before winning his semi-final against Mike Chieffallo. Mike Sgro won the other semi against Andrew Christie before winning the final (1-0) against Howard. Well done Toronto Subbuteo Club!

Second title for Mike Sgro

In the recent second tournament of Toronto Subbuteo Club, Mike Sgro managed to take the honors after defeating Richard Ruffolo in the final. This is already Mike's second WASPA title and another move forward to replace Canada on the international scene.

Final standings of the group stage:
1. Richard Ruffolo
2. Mike Sgro
3. Mike Chieffallo
4. Chris Moreira
5. Mike Devey

Semi-finals:
Mike Sgro - Mike Chieffallo 1-0
Chris Moreira - Richard Ruffolo 1-2

Final:
Richard Ruffolo - Mike Sgro 0-3

Canada is back - Action in Toronto

Canada's first official WASPA (World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association)-ranked tournament in ages was held in Toronto on March 3rd, 2018.

Subbuteo Night in Canada is the nation's premier tournament series and six of Canada's finest traveled to Toronto to play in the inaugural event.

Richard Ruffolo topped Bryan Klotz and Mike Devey to win Group A and host Mike Sgro clinched Group B with 2-0 wins against Mike Chieffallo and Chris Moreira. Chieffallo and Moreira, tied on points and goal difference, went to a shootout to earn a place in the semis with Chieffallo winning on sudden death shots. Moreira had the following to say on his exit in dramatic fashion: “Going out in a shootout is never an easy pill to swallow, but I suppose it's better than the old days when they used to either flip a coin or oil-wrestle to the death”.

In the semis, a handball in the box in extra time gifted Ruffolo a golden goal from the penalty spot and Sgro edged out Klotz to secure an all-Italian-last-name final for the cup.
In the penultimate match, Sgro bested Ruffolo to seal the victory. All players earned their first WASPA ranking points as well giving a boost to Canada's overall ranking among nations. Look out for the next Subbuteo Night in Canada in April.
Happy Flicking until then!

Full story: https://www.canadaflicks.org/blog/subbuteo-night-in-canada-march
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Another gathering in Montreal

There was a small gathering in Montreal (Canada) on Saturday with some games but more importantly great fun. Pierre Chastenais defeated Giancarlo Ramellini in the final to claim the daily win. There will hopefully be more action in the near future in Quebec. Well done!